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    Polesworth is a large village and civil parish in the North Warwickshire district of Warwickshire, England. It is situated close to the northern tip of...
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    Polesworth Abbey was a Benedictine nunnery in Polesworth, North Warwickshire, England. In 925, the sister of Ethelstan, and repudiated wife of Sihtric...
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  • Saint Edith of Polesworth (also known as Editha or Eadgyth; d. ?c.960s) is an Anglo-Saxon abbess associated with Polesworth (Warwickshire) and Tamworth...
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    Polesworth railway station serves the village of Polesworth in Warwickshire, England. It is situated on the Trent Valley section of the West Coast Main...
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    The Polesworth School is a coeducational secondary school located in Dordon, near Polesworth, Warwickshire, England. The Headteacher is Maura Favell. The...
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    Polesworth Vicarage stands adjacent to St Editha's Church in High Street, Polesworth, Warwickshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List...
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  • Old English saints' list known as Secgan, was buried at the nunnery of Polesworth (Warwickshire), not far from Tamworth. Another late source drawing upon...
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    Fillongley, Hurley and Wood End, Kingsbury, Newton Regis and Warton, Polesworth East, Polesworth West, and Water Orton, and the Borough of Nuneaton and Bedworth...
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    Royal Leamington Spa Kenilworth Warwick Stratford-upon-Avon Nuneaton Polesworth Bedworth Atherstone Whitnash Kingsbury Alcester Southam Coleshill Studley...
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  • Her family had moved to England from Kenya. Shorthouse attended the Polesworth School. Growing up, she took classes at the Wendy Morton Academy of Dance...
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    Kidderminster Conglomerate Formation. The Polesworth Formation (named from the Warwickshire village of Polesworth) is of ?Olenekian to Anisian age. The Moira...
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    achieved in 926 when Sitric married a sister of Æthelstan, perhaps Edith of Polesworth. Sitric also converted to Christianity, though this did not last long...
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    Downstream of the confluence, it reaches Grendon and then flows through Polesworth before passing beneath the M42 motorway. Beyond the motorway it passes...
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    Polesworth East (2 seats) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Dave Parsons* 532 62.8 –7.0 Labour Neil Chapman 401 47.3 –10.5 Conservative Dan Hancocks 326...
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    Viking King of York in 926, who died in 927. Possibly Saint Edith of Polesworth Around 900, he married Ælfflæd, daughter of Ealdorman Æthelhelm, probably...
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    It runs through or past the towns of Bedworth, Nuneaton, Atherstone, Polesworth and Tamworth. It is navigable for boats up to 21.9 m (72 ft) length, 2...
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    Tamworth church in 926, a sister of King Æthelstan, perhaps Saint Edith of Polesworth, was married to Sitric Cáech, the squint-eyed Norse King of York and Dublin...
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  • Kenilworth Town Leamington Hibernian Northfield Town Paget Rangers Perrywood Polesworth Rostance Edwards Rugeley Rangers – record expunged Each division other...
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  • himself in the English Midlands, living for many years at Pooley Hall at Polesworth, Warwickshire, before moving to Bramcote in Nottinghamshire. Starr died...
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  • Royal Leamington Spa Kenilworth Warwick Stratford-upon-Avon Nuneaton Polesworth Bedworth Atherstone Whitnash Kingsbury Alcester Southam Coleshill Studley...
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  • His grandfather, Francis Goodyer (died 1547), had obtained an estate at Polesworth, in the Forest of Arden, Warwickshire, upon the dissolution of the abbey...
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  • Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor 1999–2000 Prostar Polesworth Garage 2000–2004 Nike Bloor Homes 2004–2007 Ocean Finance 2007–2009 Umbro 2009–2012...
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    locomotive No. 6244 King George VI was derailed at 60 mph (97 km/h) near Polesworth, Warwickshire due to the poor state of the track following the years of...
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  • supporter of Mary, Queen of Scots. He was the son of Francis Goodere of Polesworth Hall and Ursula Rowlett. He went to meet Mary, Queen of Scots in 1568...
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    Dunstan of Canterbury Eadburh of Winchester Eadgar of England Eadgyth of Polesworth Eadgyth of Wilton Eadweard the Confessor Eadweard the Martyr Eadwold of...
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    Pooley Hall (category Polesworth)
    Pooley Hall is a Manor house built in 1509 on the outskirts of Polesworth, Warwickshire, England. It is a Grade II* listed building and a private residence...
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    1945) ‡ Lichfield (Jan 1946) ‡ Potters Bar (Feb 1946) Grayrigg (May 1947) Polesworth (July 1947) Doncaster (Aug 1947) South Croydon (Oct 1947) ‡ Goswick (Oct...
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  • by Wulfhelm. 30 January – a sister of King Æthelstan, perhaps Edith of Polesworth, is married to Sitric Cáech, the squint-eyed Norse King of Northumbria...
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  • and September 16 in France, Hungary, Poland and Lithuania. Edith of Polesworth (died c. 960), abbess Edith of Wessex (1025–1075), Queen of England Edith...
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    Dunstan of Canterbury Eadburh of Winchester Eadgar of England Eadgyth of Polesworth Eadgyth of Wilton Eadweard the Confessor Eadweard the Martyr Eadwold of...
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